Vivien

Where Vivien comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Vivien.

  • Latin
Vivien through the years
  1. 1885
    First appearance
    #1,047 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1911
    Peak, #511
    66 babies named Vivien, its best rank.
  3. 1913
    Vivien Leigh born
    British actress
  4. 1929
    Vivien Merchant born
    English actress
  5. 1931
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,258.
  6. 1939
    Around this time: Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind
    Film, 1939 · Source
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Latin, an exclusively feminine spelling variant of Vivian.
Namesakes
  • Vivien Leigh · British actress, 1913–1967
  • Vivien Merchant · English actress, 1929–1982
  • Vivien Thomas · American surgeon, 1910–1985
  • Vivien Keszthelyi · Hungarian racing driver, born 2000
  • Vivien Cardone · actress, born 1993

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.